Crazy That Way

Crazy That Way

She was the Queen Bee of the smart younger set, with fiances by the score, but one man refused to be stung.

NR 1930 · 64 min · ★ 10.0 · Comedy, Romance

Young heiress Ann Jordan and her fiancè Frank Oakes would be happy except for the constant appearance of Robert Metcalf, who follows her or them everywhere. This continues into their time at the country club, even interfering with tennis games. The two boys are constantly arguing, and Ann grows weary of them both, and after a knock down, drag out fight that destroys the Jordan garden, they realize she has fallen for an older man, Jack Gardner, an engineering friend of her father.

Directed by Hamilton MacFadden · Written by Marion Orth

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Kenneth MacKenna Jack Gardner
Joan Bennett Ann Jordan
Regis Toomey Robert Metcalf
Jason Robards Sr. Frank Oakes
Sharon Lynn Marion Sars
Lumsden Hare Mr. Jordan
Baby Mack Julia

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